Cinema 7 Paradise

Small town theater which I love. Snacks are expensive which makes me wish they had an adult combo. I love that it’s not jam packed with people. Staff is friendly.

Small not very busy theatre that shows all the latest movies. How could you not love not having to deal with crowds of noisy annoying people

In all reality it should be a half a star…
My husband and I came in from out of town to watch Star Wars with his family. Movie was great. 3D calibration was so off, showing multiple instances of double vision, we all walked out of the theater with headaches.
We decided to talk with management to let them know about the issue. We were met by aggression and accused of not knowing how to wear 3D glasses. Really?! This isn’t our first rodeo and we know how to wear glasses.
Throughout our conversation with management we were consistently argued with, belittled, accused of being incompetent of how to wear 3D glasses, and accused of our poor seat choices. Our seats by the way we’re just in front of the two handicapped seats in the lower section. When telling us that the prime viewing area is in the middle of the theater, what does that mean for guests in wheelchairs?
Management should really learn a lesson on how to be better store managers. Being rude and disrespectful is no way to run a business. We only wanted to bring attention to an issue and were not expecting anything in return, but when met with defensiveness and lack of apology, we are appalled at the lack of their professionalism. If that’s how you want to run your business, by all means we will gladly take our business elsewhere.

Worst. Theater. Ever.
I’m not sure what’s up with all the rave reviews. This place is nasty. The cobwebs that we saw inside the theater were seriously the largest ones I’ve ever seen, I actually was hoping they might have been left over Halloween decorations but they were real. Honestly my fifty pound dog is smaller than the cobwebs were… ick!
Lack of cleanliness seems to be a trend in this place because even the bathroom counter looked like nobody had cleaned it since the last presidential election. How hard is it to clean a counter? You don’t need a ladder like you do for those cobwebs!
This place was definitely an «experience». We even got to hear the old people in our movie explain the obvious things about the plot line out loud in case we were confused what was happening. How nice of them. Even though we avoided the crowds of a Friday night movie in Chico, this dump wasn’t worth it.

Everytime we go to the movies we enjoy. The prices are what they are. But the place is clean. The restrooms are also. The snacks are over priced. But the popcorn is fresh!

They are always very friendly and the theaters are usually clean. The only bad thing is that their snacks are pricey but that’s every movie theater. I go here pretty often and have a rewards card that gives me stuff like free popcorn or drinks. And I accidentally ripped my coupon in half one time and the guy still accepted it which I thought was pretty cool. Definetly stop by and I recommend the pretzels!

If only there was another theater in town. Having a monopoly on this market for this area really shows in the price. I remember when it was $ 5 to see a movie and the concession stand was awesome. It’s worth the extra drive to see the movie in Chico in my opinion. Better everything

Don’t trust their website, I watched every week to make sure I didn’t miss Planet of the Apes, because after all, they USUALLY tell you it will END Friday… but not this time, no, they had to end it with no notice… I am so not happy… The only movie I wanted see this summer… gone…

This theater is the best. I’ve been going here for years.
I used to live in Hollywood and see most of my movies at the Chinese Theater (Mann’s Chinese at the time), the Laemmle chain, as well as the Alamo Draft House theaters in Austin when I’ve been in Texas. I also make my living producing documentary programming, online videos and made some Emmy winning educational programs.
I add all these details to say I’ve seen movies across the US and in many theaters where professional filmmakers see their movies, and am pretty eagle-​eyed in my filmgoing life. Paradise Cinema 7 is fantastic.
While it’s in the small town I call my home, their picture quality is up there with the best run theaters. I’ve been to a lot of small town theaters (the El Rey in Chico, the Senator in Chico when I was in college, as well as others across the country) and it’s rare to find a small town theater run at such a level of quality. It’s true their 3D movies seem a bit dark, but anyone familiar with the development of 3D exhibition knows it’s an industry wide issue, not just here.
I’ve had a few chats with the owners, and I’m confident they’ll get it settled out as the snags and issues of 3D presentation get worked out. They work very hard and are very responsive if an issue of picture of sound quality arises. They’re on it.
It’s true the concessions are pricy, but that’s the norm for the industry and has been for years. It’s not a Paradise Cinema 7 issue. Studios take most of the money from the movies, theater owners make most of their money from concessions. Their prices aren’t any higher than other comparable theaters, and they’re much better than bigger city theaters.
There are a lot of poorly run theaters in small towns. This is not one of them. It’s a gem and anyone close enough to enjoy their exhibition should count themselves lucky.
I know I do.

I love movies and I haven’t been to this theater since 2004, when I moved away. Nevertheless it is nice to see they have kept the place nice and kept with the Technology as well…

From my ONE and only experience here, I have to say I’m a fan. I’ve lived in Paradise for over 2 years and I had never been to this theater. (Just not a big movie goer I guess) I’m about to leave Paradise, and just couldn’t do it knowing I didn’t experience everything there was to experience here (already checked out Strattons (obviously great), Bille Park (great) and the bowling alley (Tall Pines– great), hiked along the flumes and down to swim in the river (great), experienced the Gold Nugget Museum (great in the right company– probably boring by yourself), had a burger at Izzy’s (great) and dined at Annies country café (not great), black bear diner (pecan crusted trout was so delicious), comeback diner (not bad) and maybe another forgettable diner I can’t remember, patronized the Hooch Hut (for a NON-​alcoholic beverage, by the way), etc). I sure didn’t want to miss out on the only movie theater in Paradise– I’d been meaning to go for the longest time and just never had.
So last night a couple of my friends took ourselves to Paradise Cinema 7. The movie selection wasn’t the best and the movie we were planning to see wasn’t playing (minus one star). We settled on Austentown (which turned out to be really funny and enjoyable). It was 9:30 on a Friday night. There were hardly any cars in the parking lot, 2 small groups of people hanging out outside and a group of pre-​teens hanging out inside probably waiting for their ride. There was no line at the box office (which at that time of night was inside at the concession stand) and we had the theater completely to ourselves. We were able to crack jokes and talk as loud as we wanted through the whole thing (which may be why I thought the movie was so funny and definitely why I’m a fan of this theater). The picture was clear and the sound good. Seats were typical theater seats and my feet didn’t stick to the floor.
Ticket prices were $ 8.50. I didn’t spend a whole lot of time checking out the prices of the concession stand but my friend got a ridiculously large bag of popcorn for $ 6.50 that had free refills– which I thought for movie fare that usually has outrageous pricing anyway was really decent. And it was good! I wasn’t expecting to, but I put a major dent in that bag of popcorn. When we left, we could hear the workers laughing in a room off to the side of the concession stand and other than that the theater was deserted.
Not a bad little theater!

The concession stand is awful. Everything is over priced, even for a movie theatre! They also only take cash, which is ridiculous.
I went to see Thor there and had some woman and her numerous children laughing and playing and jumping around right behind me. Management did not care. It was distracting and I would have liked a refund since I could not enjoy the movie.

Went to the movie tonight. It was ok. Hardly anyone there. Some dumb jerks phone rang and they started talking on it. Leave it in your car next time.

On the bad end– unimpressive but overpriced concession stand. Stale popcorn. Bring cash, you will be charged a rather large convienence fee if you don’t. The ticket cost is fine.
Picture quality– meh, it’s OK. Its not great, but short of going to Sac, this is what you get living in NorCal. It’s about the same as Chico.
Now the good part– mostly empty theater. Hate having someone tall sit in front of you? Unlikely to happen. We’ve never had more than about a quarter full theater here, allowing you to escape the tall/​stinky/​annoying loud talker person that occasionally gets you in a more populated theater like Chico.
I’ve experienced one snoring dude, and one instance of annoying teenagers. I couldn’t possibly list how many nusiances disrupted my experience in Chico theaters. There are just more people to annoy you.
I can’t speak to the 3-​D experience, I can’t see it, it makes me nauseated and I avoid it like the plague.
However, if I had realized before I moved to Paradise that a roughly 30 minute drive would have got me out of sardine packed Chico theaters and into one where I feel almost like I’m having a private screening– you bet, I would have been a Paradise theater person WAY sooner.

OMG went to see TRON in 3D it was THE WORST PICTURE QUALITY AND MOVIE EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVRY HAD, PERIOD. This has ruined my experience at this movie theater.
The reason movie companys are coming out with 3d movies? The movie theater charges you $ 2.50 more per ticket. In 2011 I will not pay to see a 3D movie, period.